Patient Safety &

Quality Care
Movement
Presented by:
Kayleigh Shelton
University of South Florida, College of Nursing

Objectives:
Understand the purpose of the Patient Safety
and Quality Care Movement (PSQCM)
Be able to describe the PSQCM
Be able to identify types of safety errors
Be able to identify Institute of Medicine (IOM)
concepts
Understand the significance of PSQCM to the
nursing profession
Identify personal significance of PSQCM

What is the
Patient Safety &
Quality Care
3
Movement?
Initiated 1999
3

IOM report on medical errors publicized3

44,000 to 98,000 identified medical errors
per year3
Catalyst for quality care movement
initiatives3

Definition of
Quality Care and
1
Safety
Patient safety practices are those that reduce the
risk of adverse events related to exposure to
medical care across a range of diagnoses or
conditions. IOM 1
Safety is the prevention of harm to patients.
IOM 1
Freedom from accidental or preventable injuries
produced by medical care. AHRQ Patient Safety
Network 1

Types of Safety
1
Errors
Diagnostic
Treatment
Preventative
Communication failure
Equipment failure
System failure

IOM Concepts for

2
Improvement
National focus to increase knowledge in
terms of safety practices. 2
Volunteer and mandatory reporting
systems 2
Creation of oversight organizations
Raising performance standards
Safety systems in health care
organizations 2

Quality
1
Indicators
o Safe
Death
Disease
Disability
Discomfort
Dissatisfaction

o Effective
o Patient
Centered
o Timely
o Efficient
o Equitable

Significance to
Nursing
3
Profession
44,000- 98,000 preventable deaths in
U.S per year3
Estimated costs for victims of medical
errors per year nationwide: $17- 29
billion 3

Personal
Significance

Conclusion
All together it is the mission of
healthcare workers of all forms to help
our patients improve their conditions and
make them more comfortable. Allowing
evitable mistakes to take place is an
abuse of our positions as healthcare
workers. Our patients trust us in some of
their most vulnerable positions and rely
on us to provide the best care possible.
Working together to prevent these errors
should be a priority of all healthcare
workers everywhere.

References
1 Hughes, R. (2008). Patient safety and quality: An
evidence-based
handbook for nurses.
2 Kohn, L. T., Corrigan, J., & Donaldson, M. S. (2000).
To err is human: Building a safer health system.
Washington, D.C.:
National Academy Press.
3 Wachter, B., MD. (2013, February 18). Is the Patient
Safety Movement in Critical Condition? [Web log
post]. Retrieved July 12, 2016, from
http://thehealthcareblog.com/ blog/2013/02/18/isthe-patient-safety-movement-in-critical- condition/